Last year California voters approved billions of dollars in flood control bonds. This week Governor Schwarzenegger is campaigning for billions in water storage projects to protect against drought. On Reporter’s Notebook, LA’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese has settled sexual abuse cases by 221 priests. Why no criminal charges?

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Last year California voters approved billions of dollars in flood control bonds. This week Governor Schwarzenegger is campaigning for billions in water storage projects to protect against drought. On Reporter’s Notebook, LA’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese has settled sexual abuse cases by 221 priests. Why no criminal charges?

LA’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese has promised to pay six hundred and sixty million dollars to the five-hundred and eight victims of sex abuse by priests. It’s the biggest such settlement in the country. In other jurisdictions, local prosecutors have filed criminal charges too. Yesterday on our program, one Los Angeles victim asked why LA District Attorney Steve Cooley hasn’t done the same thing.

After a very wet winter, California voters approved last year ten billion dollars in bonds for water projects that includes flood control. Now, after a winter of very little rain, both Governor Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats are proposing more water bonds for next year. The Governor wants to build two big new reservoirs.